Indelible by Kristen Heitzmann

Author:Kristen Heitzmann [Heitzmann, Kristen]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Romance, Suspense, Christian, Thrillers
ISBN: 1400073103
Google: 2uMgWkl6YgsC
Amazon: B004IK8PS2
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Published: 2011-05-02T16:00:00+00:00

“Oh, honey.” Heart breaking, Natalie hugged Cody who woke up asking where Daddy was, where Mommy was, where Trevor was, and the only one she could offer in person was the last. She tried phoning Aaron, but it only upset Cody more. He had to be one confused little child.

She fed him Cheerios and took him to the studio where he explored for about two minutes, then wanted to be next door at Trevor’s “a’venture” store.

“Here.” She offered him the earthy clay to play with while she worked on the frozen waterfall sculpture. With his one small hand, he squished and smooshed and smeared the brownish gray mass around, then asked again for Trevor.

“We need a television, so he can watch cartoons,” Lena said.

Cody rattled off the shows he liked, but Natalie shook her head. Little minds were sponges, even if most didn’t clog up in the process. She wanted real wonder in his head, not cars that turned into robots and blasted bigger, badder robots. She didn’t know what else was out there, but surely she could do more than plant him in front of a TV.

The moment his chin started to quake with unshed tears, she bundled him up and took him to Trevor. “You’ve spoiled him. He thinks this is Disney World.”

“Hey, buddy.” Trevor scooped him up and set him on the counter, then leaned over and kissed her. “Are we okay?”

So okay it hurt. “Yes. Except no one brought croissants.”

He smiled. “I got held up. Jaz accosted me with the drawing.”

“You appear unscathed.”

“As assaults go it was fairly civil.”

Jaz was tired of reacting. Good for her, stopping it. “Trevor, would Cody be—”

“Awesome? What else?” He high-fived the tot with an easy rapport, as though Cody also felt the bond. As if part of him still held the breaths puffed into his lungs.

“I mean, is he in the way if I leave him for a bit?” Her phone vibrated with a text from Lena, stating that Carter Granby was at the gallery. “I have an appointment, and—”

“Just try getting him back.”

She smiled her thanks and hurried back to meet the person who’d contacted her regarding Fleur. He was a sausage-shaped man in a plum-colored suit, white shoes, black shirt, and the visible light spectrum plus ultraviolet in his tie.

“I don’t have to tell you these are wonderful.” Carter Granby squeezed his cleft chin, absorbing Fleur’s Whispers in White. He smelled so pungently of aftershave and mouthwash he must have freshly applied them in the car. “I’m very interested in commissioning her work for our collection, larger than what you have here, mural sized in fact.”

“Oh. Well, I’m sure she’ll discuss it.” But she wondered. “Would she paint on location?”

“Naturally. And we’d film it.”

“Film … her?”

“Our center celebrates fine and dramatic arts. Not as static as a gallery—no reflection on yours.” He waved a hand. “The video of her creating the mural would play alongside the mural itself.”

“Oh.”

“My production crew will schedule filming at her convenience.”

Caught nearly speechless, Natalie managed, “You know she’s blind.

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